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To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The Legacy Chadwick Boseman Gave Us Can Never Die (Commentary)

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surprising death after a four-year private battle with colon cancer had just gobsmacked the world. And no, it didn’t seem right — it still doesn’t.

It felt like someone was playing a cruel joke (I checked the AP account multiple times to make sure it was a legit account).

But he meant that it’s not fair.It’s not fair because Chadwick was so much more than an actor. It might be selfish, but he always seemed to be the epitome of the lovely dream Nina Simone sang of: To be young, gifted and Black.

It has become a sad cliche on the Black experience in this country — Black parents telling their children they must be better, stronger, smarter, carry themselves with grace and dignity.

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